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The Nigerian
Army on Tuesday said its troops had repelled attack coordinated by Boko Haram
insurgents at a military formation in Kukareta, Damaturu Local Government Area
of Yobe State.

In a
statement, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,
said the insurgents had, on Monday at about 6: 30 pm, attacked a Military
Forward Operational Base in Kukareta community of Yobe.

Nwachukwu
said that the gallant troops engaged the insurgents in fierce battle and
repelled the attack, killing many of them, adding that a soldier was wounded in
the attack.

He disclosed
that 13 soldiers and two Police personnel also lost their lives when they ran
into an ambush by the insurgents on Damaturu-Maiduguri Road.

“The gallant
troops engaged the terrorists in a fire fight, courageously wading through the
ambush. Sadly, thirteen military and a Police personnel, including an officer,
paid the supreme price while extricating themselves from the ambush.

“A clearance
operation to pursue and eliminate the Boko Haram terrorists’ ambush party is
still ongoing,” he said.

According to
him, bodies of the gallant soldiers and the wounded were evacuated, adding that
the wounded soldier was currently receiving treatment.